I had 7 in-floor vent covers downstairs. I took them all out, washed them, and laid them outside to dry.

Then the painting began…

I did 2 light coats and that seemed to cover them great! I was spray painting several other things as well, but not including drying time this project took less than 30 minutes. And I didn’t even use a whole can of spray paint, so this project cost less than $3.00!

(While they were drying, I vacuumed out all of the vents! Yuck! I think some of this dirt was from the previous owners!)

So here are all 7 vents before and after!

Living room #1

Before

After!

Living room vent #2

Before:

Obviously my cat is liking them too, or maybe he is just enjoying the window being open! :)

After:

Yucky kitchen vent #1

Before:

After! (The best transformation of all! This vent looks 200% better!)

Kitchen vent #2

Before:

After!

Hallway vent

Before:

After

(Ignore the gaps between the tile and baseboard. I need to re-install the molding around the baseboards. :( It is on my monstrous house to-do list.)

Dining room vent

Before:

After:

Amazing what a little spray paint can do! Even though they weren’t bad and brassy, I am liking the ORB change! :)

What a great idea! We just moved into a new place (new to us) in GA and some of the vents are horrid! Some are white w/rust and some are dark colored this is a great idea to fix them on the cheap considering one vent is about $7 bucks at the hardware store! Thanks for a great post.

I absolutely love them. I used oil rubbed bronze a couple years ago to redo all our switch plates...what a savings! Our house is over 100yrs old and the covers are so in need of a touch up. What a great idea. Thanks so much for sharing!